True Stories of
Great Americans for Young Americans
Total Time: 7 Hours, 44 Minutes
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Lamplighter Publishing, which reproduced this book, had this to say about True Stories of Great Americans for Young Americans:
Written in: 1898
Pages: 247
Best for: Boys and Girls, Early Elementary - Junior High
First published in 1898, this single volume is packed with seldom-heard incidents from the lives of twenty-two great American role models, including Washington, Franklin, Lincoln, Lee, Grant, Garfield, Fulton, Edison, Alcott, Madison, and more. It depicts their natures and habits as young people, and relates scores of incidents of their childhood days, trials and difficulties, and how they came to be great and famous. Every boy or girl who reads this inspiring volume will want to get out and do something significant in the world.
CHAPTER |
TIME |
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1. |
George Washington | 30:31 |
2. |
John Paul Jones | 23:05 |
3. |
Abraham Lincoln | 27:54 |
4. |
Ulysses S. Grant | 22:12 |
5. |
Robert E. Lee | 29:17 |
6. |
Benjamin Franklin | 47:16 |
7. |
Patrick Henry | 42:52 |
8. |
Robert Fulton | 28:50 |
9. |
George Peabody | 38:49 |
10. |
Thomas A. Edison | 40:17 |
11. |
James A. Garfield | 26:09 |
12. |
Cyrus W. Field | 28:58 |
13. |
Admiral George Dewey | 9:22 |
14. |
Richmond Pearson Hobson | 9:39 |
| 15. | George Washington's Mother | 11:43 |
| 16. | Dolly Madison | 7:51 |
| 17. | Louisa May Alcott | 7:16 |
| 18. | Lucretia Mott | 6:45 |
| 19. | Grandmother Garfield | 8:23 |
| 20. | Mary Livermore | 5:31 |
| 21. | Frances Willard | 7:37 |
| 22. | Grandmother McKinley | 4:35 |
Total Time: 7 Hours, 44 Minutes |
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